Dick Powell admires his books, back in the days when all authors smoked pipes.

I caught the 1952 film “The Bad and the Beautiful” the other night and was struck by this window display showing copies of “The Proud Land.”

One of the few appearances in film of a Bookstore Kitty!

Fred Astaire with Cyd Charisse – as a blond – in “The Band Wagon.”

And, as others have noted, a poster for “Proud Land” appears in the “Girl Hunt” sequence of “The Band Wagon.” I recall reading a book on film history (that’s what we did before the Internet) that said “The Proud Land” was sort of art directors’ boilerplate for movie marquees and other signage. I don’t recall any other examples at the moment. Maybe the Brain Trust will have a few ideas.

“The Proud Land” by James Lee Bartlow is also seen on Joan Crawford’s book shelf by her bed in “Torch Song” (1953) and in “The World, the Flesh and the Devil” (1959) on a shelf near where Mel Ferrer is recovering in bed.